Ontario Family Law · Case Reports
New Ontario family law decisions, summarized as they are released: the facts, the issue, the analysis, and the outcome. Written for the separating families living these questions, and for the counsel who argue them.
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54 decisionsBackground The Applicant husband and Respondent wife married in 2007 in Egypt. The Respondent is a qualified physician in Egypt although was unable to obtain the certification required ... Read more
BACKGROUND: This was a motion brought by the maternal grandparents of two children, ages 7 and 5, seeking to be added as parties to the family law proceeding ... Read more
BACKGROUND: The parties are married and separated in October 2024. They jointly own a matrimonial home in Brantford, Ontario. Since separation, the Respondent Husband has lived in the ... Read more
In Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, the Supreme Court of Canada has created a new tort of intimate partner violence (IPV). The SCC has found that nature of coercive ... Read more
Background In this case, the parties were married in 2008 and separated in either 2018 or 2019. They had two children aged 13 and 12, and the father ... Read more
In JY v LF-T, a judge’s decision to order joint custody was appealed by the mother on the grounds that a joint custody order was inappropriate due to ... Read more
In MMD v JAH, the question posed was whether a court can order disclosure of unredacted statements of an individual’s cryptocurrency holdings for the purposes of calculating income ... Read more
Background The parties were married for 28 years and separated in November 2000. They did not share any children. The husband recoupled and had two children his new ... Read more
Background The parties cohabited for thirteen years and separated in 2008. They entered into a separation agreement in 2011 regarding the custody and support of two children, now ... Read more
Background The parties in this matter have one change. A final order was in place that provided the father access to the child on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, ... Read more
In Van Eck v. Pham, the applicant brought a motion for bifurcation of the issues in the parties’ matrimonial matter. The application sought to have the proceeds of ... Read more
The case of Rotstein and Rotstein v. Magerman and Rotstein, 2019 ONSC 943 (Ont. S.C.J.) serves as a cautionary tale for parents who wish to provide loans or ... Read more
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